From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 10:01:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A24E16A418 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wahjava@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC8513C44B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wahjava@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1647827waf.3 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:01:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:x-face:x-attribution:x-os:x-os-version:x-os-architecture:x-uptime:face:organization:pgp:x-pgp:x-pgp-fp:user-agent:sender; bh=H3Ra0DlOLLsyldfPQXFwQQakl0Wo+EY3N/+FsDvt3qs=; b=GPQi0XKQyNbiCqbfYpqBzsp05Ju9u/rn4Vi4NdpBUHtAqHP5v1HJ4h3BlqE/sudDlJj+q9O5H6owkybjqLiEnsFbwEZL3eTZQFNjmzaV8httGH+5dze7fpZDAzl0p0WIW54QuHd5I8pNEeqEpfrI97d8mEFk2JQq7/4N35uGMMg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:x-face:x-attribution:x-os:x-os-version:x-os-architecture:x-uptime:face:organization:pgp:x-pgp:x-pgp-fp:user-agent:sender; b=Jkejr5A2jEIpqaR9FDZvJ9SlgDGpE0XM/KLfLVr3Jy4i9Qu9hmxK6Fd2/iQ8HsqPflJPr+aBVJ0bmGuvqViFoZQAjizbmXgYrlFUj7HMCTfxbciU6Sft2Ovbej/C0VonRcPBin6EAyfvrwCFjwFQNYLkSZ1caiSWFfsBW4lKAe0= Received: by 10.114.112.1 with SMTP id k1mr681439wac.24.1200650503412; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:01:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from chateau.d.lf ( [122.162.250.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k9sm7049696wah.3.2008.01.18.02.01.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:01:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:31:50 +0530 From: =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IOCktuClgeCkleCljeCksg==?= Ashish Shukla To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080118100150.GB17891@chateau.d.lf> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0ntfKIWw70PvrIHh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com> X-Face: "\:nMpJ)EA!j>2nEu-[(+&o:N+CtL^AS\, Jv*LO5qBr#W2.\=d Subject: Re: FBSD or PCBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:01:44 -0000 --0ntfKIWw70PvrIHh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ,--[ On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:10:11AM +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: | Hello, |=20 | I have a basic Acer Aspire with Vista on it but I am very unhappy | about the speed of work on it. I do not want to wipe out MS system (at | least not yet) but would like to give FreeBSD or PCBSD a try. |=20 | 1. Am I safe by installing FreeBSD alongside Vista? Will the | installation not destroy MS system? Yup you're safe. But make sure you've read FreeBSD Handbook[1] before proceeding to install. | 2. I have installed FreeBSD a few times but only with console access, | never with X windows. Would it be better to install PCBSD on the Acer | machine? I have never configured X windows and not sure how long it | could take with FreeBSD (actually I mean things like Gnome or KDE). No ideas about FreeBSD supporting your Acer box. Anyways, it won't be difficult configuring X in FreeBSD, but if you're new to FreeBSD, you can try PC-BSD. | 3. The wi-fi card is probably Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. Any | chance such wireless card will be supported by FreeBSD or PCBSD? No ideas. | Which is a better solution for a home user? I never used PC-BSD so no comments. References: [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ HTH --=20 Ashish Shukla =E0=A4=86=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B7 =E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=81=E0=A4= =95=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=B2 http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ =C2=B7-- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7 =C2=B7--- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2=B7=C2= =B7- =C2=B7- =C2=B7--=C2=B7-=C2=B7 --=C2=B7 -- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2=B7 =C2=B7-= =C2=B7=C2=B7 =C2=B7-=C2=B7-=C2=B7- -=C2=B7-=C2=B7 --- -- --0ntfKIWw70PvrIHh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHkHkOHy+EEHYuXnQRAmd4AKDeetHmfy/b4Ik1RtRE8IcJdsTgLACfXEsf PZDtILyk+t4Iytn6nXdKRLM= =+vjA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0ntfKIWw70PvrIHh--